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  Stupeur et tremblements (2003)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The 2003 "Fear and Trembling" is just now being released in the US, with the Northern California premiere taking place in San Francisco's Balboa Theater, Aug. 4-10, 2005.
A mind-boggling view into the heart of Japan, "Fear and Trembling" includes some of the incongruous hilarity of Sofia Coppola's "Lost in Translation" and the monstrous (if ceremonially correct) barbarity of Nagisa Oshima's "Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence," but it's also tremendously new and different.
Personally, "Fear and Trembling" came as a surprise, almost a shock.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0318725   (645 words)

  
  Fear and Trembling: Just the facts...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
You might also look for the French (The Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France) novel (A extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story) Fear and Trembling (additional info and facts about Fear and Trembling) by Amelie Nothomb (additional info and facts about Amelie Nothomb)
Fear and Trembling (original Danish (A Scandinavian language that is the official language of Denmark) title: Frygt og Bæven) is a philosophical work by Søren Kierkegaard (additional info and facts about Søren Kierkegaard), published in 1843 under the pseudonym Johannes de Silencio.
In Fear and Trembling, Kierkegaard introduces the "knight of faith" and contrasts him with the "knight of infinite resignation."
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/f/fe/fear_and_trembling.htm   (362 words)

  
 Søren Kierkegaard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In Fear and Trembling, Johannes de Silentio analyzes Abraham's action to sacrifice Isaac.
In Fear and Trembling, Kierkegaard argues that the choice of Abraham to obey the private, anti-ethical, religious commandment of God to sacrifice his son is the perfect act of self.
It is only when he acts with fear and trembling that he demonstrates a full awareness and the actions of the self, as opposed to the actions of either the finite or infinite portions of humanity.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kierkegaard   (9973 words)

  
 Television | Fear and trembling   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Airing Sunday nights at 8 as a primer to Jackass, Fear abducts five or six willing 18-to-24-year-olds for the weekend, foists them onto a creaky, corroded, and supposedly ‘haunted’ locale, and challenges them to meet a series of dares over the course of two nights, for a reward of $5000 per person.
No, Fear goads its little lab mice into screeching uncontrollably, bunching up their faces in harpy anguish, and chanting “Holy Shit” as if it were a soul-saving Hail Mary, usually even before the second commercial break.
Fear creaks like a Hitchcockian version of Double Dare, a fl-and-white obstacle course where the slime on the slide could be embalming fluid and the pale-faced host is an irascible ghost.
www.bostonphoenix.com /boston/arts/tv/documents/00771403.htm   (594 words)

  
 Political Film Society - Fear and Trembling
Fear and Trembling (Stupeur et tremblements), directed by Alain Corneau, is a screen adaptation of a 1999 autobiographical novel by a French-speaking Belgian, Amélie Nothomb (played by Sylvie Testud).
Whereas Lost in Translation (2003) looked at Japanese culture from the outside, Fear and Trembling immerses Amélie and filmviewers in a culture which in the 1980s was thought to be superior in business.
Based on a true story, Fear and Trembling starts out as a comedy and then becomes a noir film, exaggerating how she was treated for tragicomic effect.
www.geocities.com /~polfilms/fearandtrembling.html   (1077 words)

  
 Reeling: the Movie Review Show's review of Fear and Trembling (Stupeur and Tremblements)
Fear and Trembling is an immersion into a very different, very foreign culture that expects, and will tolerate no less, perfection in things Japanese.
"Fear and Trembling" is an odd little film which purports to examine both power and the differences between East and West.
"Fear and Trembling" depicts Japan, a country known for its workaholics, as the type of place a slacker could earn his living in by simply not calling attention to himself.
www.reelingreviews.com /fearandtrembling.htm   (1197 words)

  
 BBC - Films - Fear And Trembling (Stupeur Et Tremblements)
Fear And Trembling follows downtrodden Belgian translator Amélie (Sylvie Testud) as she takes a job in a Tokyo firm's head office.
Fear And Trembling offers a fascinating take on the intricate office politics and hierarchical system of honour and duty that pervades the Japanese corporate landscape.
In this story, bowing and scraping - not to mention fear and trembling (the title refers to the way one was supposed to address the emperor in ancient Japan) - sometimes brings as much pleasure as pain.
www.bbc.co.uk /films/2004/07/09/fear_and_trembling_2004_review.shtml   (358 words)

  
 Fear and Trembling
Fear and Trembling was published under pseudonym (alias) Johannes de Silentio in 1843.
Fear and Trembling appears namely to be not only a principled analysis of Abraham's sacrificial act but also a literary transposition of Kierkegaard's own sacrifice of Regina Olsen, his fiancée, with whom he abruptly broke engagement in 1841.
To be sure, "fear and trembling" are not the source of faith, but they are its indispensable catalysts ("the oscillating balance wheel" as Kierkegaard puts it in his Journals).
www.uri.edu /personal/szunjic/philos/fear.htm   (8242 words)

  
 SparkNotes: Fear and Trembling: Terms
Fear and Trembling, in a nutshell, argues that there is the third category of the religious, and that the religious is higher than the ethical.
The religious states that the single individual is higher than the universal, that the finite is higher than the infinite, that one must make the leap of faith by virtue of the absurd.
The significance of understanding in Fear and Trembling is Johannes' constant assertion that Abraham cannot be understood.
www.sparknotes.com /philosophy/feartrembling/terms.html   (2094 words)

  
 :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews :: Fear and Trembling (xhtml)
The opening shot of "Fear and Trembling" shows the heroine at the age of 5, sitting at the edge of the ancient rock garden at the Ryoanji Zen temple in Kyoto.
She exaggerates the "fear and trembling" that, it is said, one should exhibit when addressing the emperor.
The movie that comes to mind is "Secretary," the 2002 film with James Spader as a lawyer whose new secretary, played by Maggie Gyllenhaal, gradually enters with him in an S/M relationship that she, as the submissive one, finds a source of power (and amusement).
rogerebert.suntimes.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050616/REVIEWS/50606006/1023   (721 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Fear and Trembling: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Returning to the land where she was born is the fulfilment of a dream for Amelie, but working there turns into a comic nightmare of terror and self-abasement.
Disturbing, hilarious and totally convincing Fear and Trembling displays an elegant and shrewd understanding of the intricate ways Japanese relationships are made and spoiled.
'Fear and Trembling' (the book is much better than the movie) is a story of a young woman emplyed in a Japanese firm underlining the cultural contrast in a humoristic way.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0571220487   (782 words)

  
 Fear And Trembling - Alain Corneau :: Japan Visitor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
What distinguishes Fear and Trembling from other recent Japan-related cross-cultural-comedy-clash movies, is that Amelie speaks fluent Japanese and is genuinely trying to engage with Japan and its culture.
But Fear and Trembling is more concerned with finding Japan, and the result is a cruel delight.
Fear and Trembling is written and directed by Alain Corneau, and based on Amelie Nothomb’s autobiographical novel about her experiences of Japan in the early 1990s.
www.japanvisitor.com /index.php?cID=367&pID=409&cName=Film&pName=film-fear-trembling   (801 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Fear and Trembling/Repetition : Kierkegaard's Writings, Vol. 6: Books: Soren Kierkegaard,Edna H. ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Fear and Trembling is an elaborate interpretation of Abraham's sacrifice of Isaac.
This edition of 'Fear and Trembling' is an excellently produced and translated edition, with the interesting and helpful prefaces and selections of journal quotes typical of the Writings series.
'Fear and Trembling' presents a very penetrating, and ultimately disturbing, investigation into the personal and 'existential' implications of the religious concept of faith, as illustrated by the story of Isaac's sacrifice in Genesis 22.
www.amazon.com /Fear-Trembling-Repetition-Kierkegaards-Writings/dp/0691020264   (1453 words)

  
 D. Anthony Storm's Commentary On Kierkegaard - Fear and Trembling   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
It is here in Fear and Trembling that Kierkegaard introduces his concept of "faith by virtue of the absurd".
Abraham is not only a man of resignation (resolve), but is the father of faith, the supreme example of faith against the absurd.
In Fear and Trembling, he is concerned with the interaction of the single individual vis-à-vis the ethical and the religious.
www.sorenkierkegaard.org /kw6a_3.htm   (927 words)

  
 Mercer University Press: Fear and Trembling and Repetition
Fear and Trembling continues to fascinate and frustrate all who find, for many reasons, that they must struggle with it.
Such key concepts are present in varying degrees in Fear and trembling and are taken up into later works (The Concept of Anxiety, Philosophical Fragments, Concluding Unscientific Postscript); some have a prehistory in Either/Or and even in Kierkegaard’s dissertation.
Indeed, in Fear and Trembling Kierkegaard challenges many of our modern assumptions, and he will continue to frustrate and fascinate us for so long as we attempt to sort out ourselves and our times.
www.mupress.org /mercergraphics/ikc_covers/ikcfeartrembling.html   (384 words)

  
 Work Out Your Own Salvation with Trembling and Fear
The reason is, their conscience is seared and they have not the fear and trembling that true believers do.
That is the fear and trembling which Paul exhorts the Philippians to have that they will obey when he is not present.
No, Paul tells them, as they obeyed the word when he was there, work out their own salvation (in the word) in fear and trembling when he's gone.
members.aol.com /twarren20/workout.html   (1513 words)

  
 Fear and Trembling   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Fear and Trembling is a weird little movie from French director Alain Corneau (The Prince of the Pacific, Le Cousin) based on the award-winning novel by Amelie Nothomb.
Either way, Fear and Trembling is best enjoyed by those familiar with the Japanese culture, anybody who has ever worked for an idiot boss, or even better, both.
And while Fear and Trembling may inspire laughter, Corneau also wants people to look a bit deeper and think.
www.haro-online.com /movies/fear_trembling.html   (546 words)

  
 Questions About The Fear of the Lord
Those who mock the fear of the Lord are rebellious and of the devil.
28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
members.fortunecity.com /faithofgod/fear.htm   (1519 words)

  
 Splendid Magazine reviews Fear and Trembling: Self-Titled
Fear and Trembling want to come across as a wolf in sheep's clothing.
"Fear Led to the Wolf's Decline" opens with the band's best slowcore impression, lulls you into a Bedhead-like trance with chiming guitars and atmospheric sounds, and then, just when you're getting comfy and expecting some sleepy, reverb-drenched vocals, it kicks you in the teeth with a wall of painfully loud guitars.
Fear and Trembling's whole shtick hangs on creating such stark juxtapositions.
www.splendidezine.com /review.html?reviewid=1087594265103889   (282 words)

  
 Fear and Trembling:Nothomb, Amelie:0312288573:eCampus.com
According to ancient Japanese protocol, foreigners deigning to approach the emperor did so only with fear and trembling.
Returning to the land where she was born is the fulfillment of a dream for Amelie; working there turns into comic nightmare.
Alternately disturbing and hilarious, unbelievable and shatteringly convincing, "Fear and Trembling will keep readers clutching tight to the pages of this taut little novel, caught up in the throes of fear, trembling, and, ultimately, delight.
www.ecampus.com /bk_detail.asp?isbn=0312288573&referrer=yah04   (95 words)

  
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In Alain Corneau's "Fear and Trembling," French actress Sylvie Testud, playing a transplanted Belgian who tries in vain to assimilate herself into Japan's corporate culture, crafts a truly incredible performance.
Alain Corneau, who adapted and directed "Fear and Trembling," first made his name with violent '70s crime thrillers like "Police Python 357" (1975) and "Serie Noire" (1979); he later won worldwide acclaim for "Tous Les Matins du Monde," his stately, lyrical biographical film on Baroque French composer Marin Marais (Gerard Depardieu).
With the exception of Amelie's voiceover narration in French, "Fear and Trembling" is entirely in Japanese.
metromix.chicagotribune.com /movies/mmx-050616-movies-review-trembling,0,7855486.story?coll=mmx-movies_leftutility   (838 words)

  
 Philosophy of Religion: Fear and Trembling by Kierkegaard   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
This act of never revealing his true views and of allowing the individual reader to choose which of the views they thought were the best (even though all of them hid a paradox) was seen by Kierkegaard as the essential nature of his work.
This is somewhat evident in the excerpt from "Fear and Trembling" in the text: it assumes a familiarity with his other works and with the concepts introduced in them.
It is the transition from the Ethical life to the Religious life that is the subject of "Fear and Trembling".
www.kcmetro.cc.mo.us /longview/socsci/philosophy/religion/Kierkegaard.htm   (1284 words)

  
 Fear and Trembling
The sorrow that leads to repentance is a blazing grace of God which is followed by the joy of forgiveness, and we needn't fear it.
But you should not fear that God does not desire your restoration, and you should not fear that He won't forgive you when you do repent.
Finally, the fear of going to hell makes the "espresso" feeling even more intense, so you go 'round the cycle again — that is, until you crash.
www.boundless.org /2002_2003/departments/theophilus/a0000789.html   (3053 words)

  
 (the cry) existentialism sartre nietzsche kafka kierkegaard de beauvoir allen dostoievsky marcel camus zarathustra
Nay, but my pleasure." Then Isaac trembled and cried out in his fear: "God in heaven, have pity on me, God of Abraham, show mercy to me, I have no father on earth, be thou then my father!" But Abraham said softly to himself : "Father in heaven, I thank thee.
As one's thoughts, and one's mouth, run on one assumes, in a very easy fashion, the identity of Isaac and "the most precious possession"-and meanwhile he who is meditating may smoke his pipe, and his audience comfortably stretch out their legs.
That which people generally forget in the story of Abraham is his fear and anxiety; for as regards money, one is not ethically responsible for it, whereas for his son a father has the highest and most sacred responsibility.
www.thecry.com /existentialism/kierkegaard/fear.html   (8637 words)

  
 D. Anthony Storm's Commentary On Kierkegaard - Fear and Trembling
Anthony Storm's Commentary On Kierkegaard - Fear and Trembling
The fact that a work can exist on more than level is simply part of the author's genius.
As Either/Or is concerned with the esthetic and the ethical, Fear and Trembling is concerned with the ethical and the religious.
www.sorenkierkegaard.org /kw6a.htm   (893 words)

  
 Cinema Guild Gets Corneau's "Fear and Trembling"
In the article highlighting the film as one of the best of last year, indieWIRE wrote, "'Fear and Trembling' is the tale of a young Belgian woman who works as a translator for a huge Tokyo corporation.
'Fear and Trembling' is like a smarter, more surreal version of "Office Space" for the art-house crowd.
"'Fear and Trembling' is an entertaining and deliciously subversive social drama.
www.indiewire.com /biz/biz_040707fear.html   (360 words)

  
 Fear and Trembling (2003)
As she arrives for her first day of work, she gazes out the window, imagining herself in flight over the city.
In Alain Corneau's culture-clash workplace satire, Fear and Trembling, that buoyancy doesn't last long as Amelie discovers much too late the difference between being born in Japan and being Japanese.
After a short run in American art houses, Home Vision recently released Fear and Trembling on DVD with a crisp widescreen transfer.
www.reel.com /movie.asp?MID=141202&buy=open&PID=10120578&Tab=reviews&CID=18   (712 words)

  
 When it comes to making sense, 'Fear and Trembling' strikes out - The Boston Globe
Director Alain Corneau's ''Fear and Trembling" is an office comedy that plays as a culture-clash farce, with a whiff of sadomasochism.
One of her assignments requires her to spend hours making thousands of photocopies for a boss who's trying to punish...
''Fear and Trembling" boils down to a reference made to Nagisa Oshima's admittedly bonkers 1983 World War II drama, ''Merry Christmas, Mr.
www.boston.com /ae/movies/articles/2005/05/20/when_it_comes_to_making_sense_fear_and_trembling_strikes_out?mode=PF   (708 words)

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